Clement IV (5 Feb. 1265–29 Nov. 1268). On Urban IV's death the cardinals at Perugia were so sharply divided that they took four months to elect a successor. He was another Frenchman, Guy Foulques, son of a successful judge, born c. 1195 at Saint-Gilles-sur-Rhône. After studying law at Paris, he became legal consultant to King Louis IX (1226–70). He married and had two daughters, but after his wife's death took orders and served as archdeacon of Le Puy. His promotion was rapid: bishop of Le Puy in 1257, archbishop of Narbonne in 1259, Urban IV created him cardinal bishop of Sabina in Dec. 1261 and in Nov. 1263 sent him as legate to England to support Henry ...

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